Tag Archive for: 3DS Server

What happens to 3DS when JavaScript is disabled or unavailable

A small proportion of your browser traffic runs with JavaScript disabled, and 3DS behaves differently there. Privacy configurations, corporate builds, assistive setups, older embedded browsers, and a certain amount of automated traffic you…

How Card Range Data Shapes 3DS Server Reliability

Every authentication request your 3DS Server builds depends on information it obtained earlier, from a different source, about a card range it may not have seen recently. That information is card range data, and it is one of the quieter dependencies…

Understanding the Directory Server’s Role and Limits in EMV 3DS

Diagrams of EMV 3D Secure usually show three boxes and two arrows. The merchant's 3DS Server on one side, the issuer's Access Control Server on the other, and something in the middle labelled Directory Server that everyone nods at and nobody…

How Bridging Message Extensions Support New Features in Older 3DS Products

No payments estate upgrades in a single step. Some components move to a new protocol version quickly, others are constrained by vendor release cycles, scheme certification windows or simply by the fact that they work and nobody wants to touch…

How Exemptions Are Requested, Granted and Reported Across the 3DS Message Flow

Most discussion of Strong Customer Authentication exemptions happens at policy level. Which exemptions exist, what the thresholds are, when a regulator expects them to apply. That conversation is well covered. What gets much less attention…

Choosing a 3DS Server: An Evaluation Guide for Acquirers and PSPs

The 3DS Server sits on the acquirer side of the 3D Secure protocol: it builds and validates authentication requests, routes them to the correct issuer via the Directory Server, and interprets the result. For acquirers, PSPs, and payment gateways,…
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What are CNP Transactions? Risks, Fraud, and 3D Secure Explained

Understand the importance of 3D Secure in protecting CNP transactions, reducing fraud, and ensuring safer online payments for businesses and consumers.

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GPayments Celebrates Five Years of ActiveServer’s Success: A Milestone Marking Exceptional Service and Innovation in the 3DS Ecosystem 

9th May 2024, Sydney, Australia – In a significant industry milestone, GPayments marks the fifth anniversary of ActiveServer, its pioneering 3D Secure Server. ActiveServer, a cornerstone in the 3DS ecosystem, has provided unparalleled reliability…

GPayments’ 3DS Server achieves compliance for 3DS2 with all major card schemes

GPayments’ new 3DS Server product for 3D Secure 2.0 is now certified by all major card schemes The latest release of GPayments’ 3DS Server product "ActiveServer" has achieved compliance certification for all major global card schemes, including…